Category Archives: Harmful Additives
Antibacterial Soaps & Germaphobia—How Clean Are Your hands?
As a young mother I had the phone number to Poison Control memorized. I had a child who put pretty much everything he could get his hands on into his mouth. And since there was no Internet, I was on the phone to them constantly. I wasn’t a germaphobe, didn’t even know the term back then, but I worried about what the germs could do to him. Nowadays, germaphobia is taking us over as a culture. On a very deep level our bodies sense the toxic world we live in, and maybe subconsciously we think we can “wash it all away.” But all that “rub-a-dub-dubbing” with antibacterial soap is causing us far more harm than good.
Altered State
There in the aisle of the supermarket, we make our best decisions on what groceries to put in our cart. Cereal, breakfast bars, bread, and pasta–yep, we buy the best brands, the good stuff. Or so we think. But something has changed. It happened quietly and without mandatory labeling therefore, most of us knew nothing [...]
FYI on BHT
Some initials get our attention such as FBI or PMS. We automatically know what they mean. Some are not as clear but we get the general idea like NATO or AIDS. Initials can save us time like shooting off a quick e-mail that says “LOL.” But, the ones that get my attention are the ones [...]
